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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-2-14
pubmed:abstractText
Donor lymphocyte infusions (DLIs) are used for adoptive immunotherapy to prevent or treat relapse and infectious complications after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Unmanipulated DLIs are associated with a risk of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), probably related to CD8(+) T cell activity. We investigated an automated clinical-scale human-CD4(+)-cell purification method to deplete CD8(+) cells. Twenty-four stem cell recipients received a total of 24 leukapheresis products being enriched for CD4(+) cells using magnetic associated cell sorting (MACS) with an automated device (CliniMACS(®)) before DLIs. MACS resulted in a mean CD4(+) cell count of 16 × 10(6)/kg bw corresponding to 3.4-fold CD4(+) cell enrichment. Mean yield and purity of CD45(+)CD3(+)CD4(+)CD14(-)7AAD(-) were 74% ± 23% and 82% ± 11%, respectively. Median initial dose of DLIs was 1.1 × 10(6) CD4(+)/kg. During a median follow-up of 25 months, 7 (30%) patients experienced GVHD (acute II-IV: n = 4, 17%; acute III-IV: n = 2, 8%; chronic limited: n = 2, 8%; chronic extensive: n = 1, 4%). Thirteen of 21 further evaluable patients (62%) showed measurable clinical response, 2 patients with therapy refractory infectious complications (HSV) showed remarkable immunologic improvement. Automated enrichment of CD4(+) by magnetic cell sorting provides an efficient and rapid method for processing donor lymphocytes. Additional studies should further investigate this approach in terms of efficacy and the risk of GVHD.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1523-6536
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2011 American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
374-83
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20637880-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:20637880-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20637880-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:20637880-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:20637880-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20637880-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:20637880-Graft vs Host Disease, pubmed-meshheading:20637880-Hematologic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:20637880-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:20637880-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20637880-Immunomagnetic Separation, pubmed-meshheading:20637880-Immunotherapy, Adoptive, pubmed-meshheading:20637880-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20637880-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20637880-Multiple Myeloma, pubmed-meshheading:20637880-Opportunistic Infections, pubmed-meshheading:20637880-Recurrence, pubmed-meshheading:20637880-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:20637880-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:20637880-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Purification of CD4+ T cells for adoptive immunotherapy after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article